In way-we-could-all-die number 8 it says:
"About 12,000 years ago, a sudden wave of mammal extinctions swept through the Americas. Ross MacPhee of the American Museum of Natural History argues the culprit was extremely virulent disease, which humans helped transport as they migrated into the New World."
My question is when the heck did we migrate to the new world 12000 years ago? This was like way way before the egyptians let alone trans-continental boat travel...
Um, pay? No way. Napster is simply a convenience. It's merely a quick way to find mp3s, not the/only/ way. If someone payed for napster because they think it's the only way they can leech their precious mp3s I'd laugh at them. There were FTPs years before napster existed, and there will still be FTPs for years to come.
This brings up the question that's been on my mind since the beginning of these stupid lawsuits: Why is the RIAA/just now/ getting upset about it? An obvious answer would be that they care more now because Napster is so mainstream, whereas FTPs are used by a much smaller percentile of net users.
So where does the RIAA draw it's "acceptable piracy" line?
This is all good (or not good) and whatnot, but what systems did they test? Did they try to hack the NSA computer security systems? Or did they simply peer at thomas.loc.gov?
I have a little more faith in the DoD protecting information. Hopefully they don't even place top secret data on machines connected.
In all sincerity we really don't want the government involved in this too much. Government has an overwhelming tendency to remove all power from each party and give it to itself. The best way to solve this matter is let us, the users, take on the MPAA and RIAA, let them know what we really think about their tactics and preferences in how they sell things.
First off: Didn't the FCC regulate the transmission of data via satelites to recieve-only? I thought you had to have a special permit to send data.
Anyway, my question is: Wouldn't it be easier to eaves drop on a satelite internet connection (especially one that's used to both send and recieve data) or is the transmission encoded before it gets thrown out as electromagnetic radiation?
Missing us by 100 miles (I thought it was 400, anyway) means it misses our atmosphere by 100 miles, not the earth. If it were to miss the earth by 100 miles and still hit the atmosphere(assuming it's 100 miles high), it'd still crash into earth due to it being slown down and pulled in by earth's gravity.
That's complete....... Most of the motive behind any type of management at Red Hat Software is to lure people under their roof and then exploit the fact that developers "got free shares" from RedHat. Meaning that they'll be leaning toward Red Hat from the start. It's not a matter of being ethical, it's just human nature. If anyone does something good for you you'll be a little more on their side than anyone else's.
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Okay, I'm a bit confused.
In way-we-could-all-die number 8 it says:
"About 12,000 years ago, a sudden wave of mammal extinctions swept through the Americas. Ross MacPhee of the American Museum of Natural History argues the culprit was extremely virulent disease, which humans helped transport as they migrated into the New World."
My question is when the heck did we migrate to the new world 12000 years ago? This was like way way before the egyptians let alone trans-continental boat travel...
hobbz
Um, pay? No way. Napster is simply a convenience. It's merely a quick way to find mp3s, not the /only/ way. If someone payed for napster because they think it's the only way they can leech their precious mp3s I'd laugh at them. There were FTPs years before napster existed, and there will still be FTPs for years to come.
/just now/ getting upset about it? An obvious answer would be that they care more now because Napster is so mainstream, whereas FTPs are used by a much smaller percentile of net users.
This brings up the question that's been on my mind since the beginning of these stupid lawsuits: Why is the RIAA
So where does the RIAA draw it's "acceptable piracy" line?
hobbz
This is all good (or not good) and whatnot, but what systems did they test? Did they try to hack the NSA computer security systems? Or did they simply peer at thomas.loc.gov?
I have a little more faith in the DoD protecting information. Hopefully they don't even place top secret data on machines connected.
hobbz
Government bad, capitalism good.
In all sincerity we really don't want the government involved in this too much. Government has an overwhelming tendency to remove all power from each party and give it to itself. The best way to solve this matter is let us, the users, take on the MPAA and RIAA, let them know what we really think about their tactics and preferences in how they sell things.
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hobbz
First off: Didn't the FCC regulate the transmission of data via satelites to recieve-only? I thought you had to have a special permit to send data.
Anyway, my question is: Wouldn't it be easier to eaves drop on a satelite internet connection (especially one that's used to both send and recieve data) or is the transmission encoded before it gets thrown out as electromagnetic radiation?
hobbz
Who ever said the US Government controls the NSA? The President doesn't even have clearance to some of their top level shit.
Missing us by 100 miles (I thought it was 400, anyway) means it misses our atmosphere by 100 miles, not the earth. If it were to miss the earth by 100 miles and still hit the atmosphere(assuming it's 100 miles high), it'd still crash into earth due to it being slown down and pulled in by earth's gravity.
That's complete ....... Most of the motive behind any type of management at Red Hat Software is to lure people under their roof and then exploit the fact that developers "got free shares" from RedHat. Meaning that they'll be leaning toward Red Hat from the start. It's not a matter of being ethical, it's just human nature. If anyone does something good for you you'll be a little more on their side than anyone else's.
hobbz